[sudo-discuss] [consensus] Nominations for Board of Directors

[Eddan Katz]

Sorry, sent out accidentally mid-sentence.

It's worth mentioning that there's now a public notice at 2147 Broadway of Sound Room's (http://www.soundroom.org) application to serve alcohol - they likely know what's going since they're now going through the process.


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> On Oct 26, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Eddan Katz <eddank at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Also (a) agriculture; (b) food product; (c) serving food; and (d) serving drinks.
> 
> You'll notice that Sound Room has two parts - at 2145 Broadway, there's food and drinks; and at 2147 Broadway is the non-profit Jazz club. It is my understanding 
> sent from eddan.com
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>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I'd like to help out with this research - to compare and contrast the different insurance agreements, in regards to terms and conditions. 
>> 
>> A sample of groups that include heavy machinery, bio-hacking, kids programs, and eCommerce (products & services) would be the ideal for the essential stuff we'd need to worry about.
>> 
>> It would be very useful to do some kind of mash-up overlapping this comparative chart with the ongoing Oakland zoning conditions research. I know there have been various efforts - does anyone have a sense of where to find this information?
>> 
>> 
>> sent from eddan.com
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>>> On Oct 26, 2013, at 4:53 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> To those of you wondering how much liability you'd be taking on, here's a short summary:
>>> 
>>>   http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/nonprofit-directors-personal-liability-32357.html
>>> 
>>> This assumes that sudo room has liability insurance, which should be top priority as soon we are incorporated (getting liability was a primary motivator for becoming incorporated in the first place.
>>> 
>>> Who wants to take on the task of researching hacker space liability insurance? I suggested contacting a few other California hackerspaces and asking about their insurance policy and pricing and bringing that info to the upcoming weekly meeting.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:24 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I missed this meeting and most sudo general due to a public school class at the same time.. not sure if this disqualifies me from weighing in, or if some i nominate have perhaps already precluded/disinclined themselves from being nominated, but i thought I would add my 2c here, (which y'all are also free to totally disregard if course if needs be) -
>>>> 
>>>> Marc (marcjc)
>>>> Matt (mattsenate)
>>>> Jenny (tunabananas)
>>>> Jordan (yardena)
>>>> Marina (mk30)
>>>> J.C. (r33lmm)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thursday, October 24, 2013, Max Klein wrote:
>>>>> Eddan, that is flattering, I accept nomination.
>>>>> 
>>>>> notconfusing
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 24 October 2013 15:18, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Not sure whether or not it's necessary under the process Yardena described, but I second Max's nominations for the Board. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I also hereby nominate Max (notconfusing) for the Board as well.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there a particular number we're shooting for in terms of the Board?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For reference on what a non-profit Board does (assuming an active board, which I understand currently is not what we want) - the Nolo Press page at http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/building-nonprofits-board-30046.html is useful, I think.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> sent from eddan.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 7:56 AM, Max Klein <isalix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I Max (notconfusing), nominate Jordan (yardena), Marina (mk30), Vicky (ykciv), Liberty (thattechgirl), Kare (kkr), and Jenny (tunabananas) for board membership.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 23 October 2013 21:05, Yardena Cohen <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> At tonight's meeting there was consensus that we should move forward
>>>>>>>> with these articles as they are. So for our purposes right now, they
>>>>>>>> are officially ratified:
>>>>>>>> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Articles_of_Incorporation
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Unfortunately, this entails a Board of Directors. So far no viable
>>>>>>>> legal hacks have appeared to work around this. So the next detail we
>>>>>>>> need to tackle is exactly WHO will be on this Board. We decided that
>>>>>>>> the most legitimate way to do this is to let the mailing list nominate
>>>>>>>> names to a list, confirm they are willing, and then consent on the
>>>>>>>> list of names, to address any potential disagreements or conflicts.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Please use this thread to nominate yourselves or others to be on our
>>>>>>>> Board of Directors. Remember, this position requires your name on
>>>>>>>> official government paperwork, will come with legal liability, and
>>>>>>>> will be constructed with as little actual power as possible.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hopefully this will be settled by next week's meeting (Oct 30), at
>>>>>>>> which point we can actually drive to Sacramento and file!
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